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[Transhepatic access for radiofrequency ablation in a child]
Fernando Benito Bartolomé1, Cristina Sánchez Fernández-Bernal, Gonzalo Garzón Moll
1Unidad de Arritmias, Laboratorio de Electrofisiología Clínica Cardíaca, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain. fbenito@gmx.es
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|January 29, 2003
Abstract:
Radiofrequency catheter ablation is safe and effective in children with refractory supraventricular tachycardia and poor response to pharmacological treatment. This procedure may be difficult or impossible to perform in patients with bilateral obstruction of the femoral venous access. In recent years, the transhepatic approach has been found to be safe in children. We report the case of a 19-month-old boy with permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia who underwent transhepatic catheterization for radiofrequency ablation.